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This 6 page paper is a financial analysis of the color, based on the five years results up to the 10K issued in February 2010. The assessment looks at the profitability, liquidity and solvency in order to determine whether or not Coca-Cola Inc. may be a good investment. All calculations are shown. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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File: TS14_TEcoca2009.rtf
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a slight decline in the most profit in 20091, falling to $19,9092 from $20,570, but the operating profit remains stable through the preceding five years 2005 and 2009 ranging between
63.94% and 66.11%. The control of the costs appeared to extend to overheads, as the operating profit also remained very stable. Interestingly, as a result of additional income other than
all operating income, the net profit after tax shows an increase, and the net profit margin increases from 18.18% to 22.02%. Therefore, the organization is profitable. Liquidity ratios show
a slight improvement in 2009, when using both the current and quick ratio, with 2009 current ratio of 1.28, and the quick ratio of 1.11. Likewise, solvency appears to be
quite acceptable, there is a significant drop in 2007, which is reflected in an increasing debt, this is also reflected in the asset base. Overall, the organization appears to be
weathering the difficult economic conditions well, and could make a potentially good investment for an investor without presenting a high level of risk. Text
Coca cola are a large as well known organization, however, when assessing a firm as a potential investment it is not only market share and reputation that are
important, it is the financial performance of the firm, with the need to look at a vertical and a horizontal analysis, examining aspects of profitability, liquidity and solvency (Howells and
Bain, 2006). The principle measure of performance for a firm is profitability. The first ratio is the gross profit and the gross profit margin. The gross margin is expressed
as a percentage. This is the level of revenue that remains when all of the direct costs for producing the goods or services are deducted form the revenue (Elliott and
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